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Adventurous members of Middlesbrough Rugby Club (MRUFC) are taking on a mammoth challenge for The James Cook University Hospital’s neonatal unit.

Nurses were being recruited through on the spot interviews this morning, during a successful Love Nursing open day at The James Cook University Hospital. Teesside’s biggest hospital opened its doors to newly qualified and experienced nurses, including those who have had a career break or are looking for a change. Potential nurse recruits even got […]

A breast cancer outreach nurse has been shortlisted for a prestigious award, recognising the superb care she provides to women in the comfort of their own homes after surgery. Sue Warren, who works in the community and at The James Cook University Hospital, has been shortlisted in the ‘Service Improvement Excellence’ category of the Macmillan […]

Families are invited to attend a Charity Cricket Match in aid of Trinity Holistic Centre. This is our third family fun day supported by our partners Carillion and takes place on Saturday 10 July at Middlesbrough’s Cricket Club, Green Lane.

Carers are always welcome at South Tees Hospitals! That was the message from Karen Harwood, lead nurse for patient and carer engagement, during national Carers’ Week.

The Parkinson’s Advanced Symptoms Unit (PASU) at Redcar Primary Care Hospital has been shortlisted for a prestigious award, just nine months after opening. The unit, which provides rapid access, assessments,and home visits for patients with complications arising from their Parkinson’s Disease, has been shortlisted in the ‘Managing long-Term Conditions’ category of the Patient Safety Awards 2016.

The results of the Care Quality Commission’s annual survey of inpatients have been published today (8 June 2016) and South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been ranked among the best performing trusts in two areas. Responses to the adult inpatient survey 2015 were received from 612 patients aged 16 and above who had stayed in hospital for at least one night – a response rate of 52% which was higher than the national average of 47%.

One of the first sepsis nurses in the UK is hoping to increase survival rates from the deadly condition and promote the importance of her lifesaving role through a forum she chairs. Jacqui Jones was the only sepsis nurse in the UK for about three years following the end of a year-long pilot of the role from 2010.

Thank you all for helping to improve healthcare for generations to come! That’s the message to 2,500 patients who took part in clinical trials at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust last year, ahead of International Clinical Trials Day. The awareness event, which tells patients it’s “Okay to Ask” whether they would be suitable to take […]

A community nursing team who helped fulfil a patient’s wish to die at home, a nurse who organised a wedding for a terminally ill patient and another who wrote a book for siblings about their little brother or sister’s stay in the neonatal unit. These are just a few examples of care and compassion above and beyond the call of duty recognised at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s annual Nightingale Awards.